Komnas Perempuan Urges DPR To Pass Bill On Domestic Workers Protection

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JAKARTA - Komnas Perempuan encourages the DPR to immediately ratify the Bill on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT) to protect domestic workers.

"Komnas Perempuan recommends to the DPR to pass the PPRT Bill into law to ensure the protection and recognition of the work of domestic workers," said Komnas Perempuan Chair Andy Yentriyani as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, July 25.

His party said that the PPRT Bill had been fought for for 18 years but had not yet been ratified.

"The draft law for the protection of domestic workers (RUU PPRT) has been fought for 18 years but has not yet been ratified," he said.

In fact, according to him, the ratification of the PPRT Bill is important to ensure that women domestic workers are fulfilled their human rights such as decent wages and a place to work, fulfillment of maternity rights and other leave, freedom of association, protection from gender-based discrimination and from violence and exploitation.

In addition, the PPRT Bill is also important to ensure fair and equal relations between women domestic workers and employers.

Andy said female domestic workers are at high risk of experiencing gender-based discrimination and violence.

"Women domestic workers, including women migrant workers and especially women in conflict areas, face a high risk of gender-based discrimination and violence," she said.

His party said that this risk was also present due to delays in the ratification of laws protecting women domestic workers including the PPRT Bill and ILO Convention 189, as well as the not yet optimal implementation of Law No. 18/2017 on the Protection of Migrant Workers.

"Therefore, we also ask the government to optimize the implementation of Law No. 18/20017 concerning Migrant Workers and encourage the DPR to ratify the PPRT Bill," he said.